By J. Saunders
For as long as I could remember, I lived for someone else. Someone from a family member, a friend, a boss, co-worker, an opinion of a stranger, or even my ex... I've had boarders and limitations on my life. Maybe, from the places I traveled, down to my daily actions, careers, hairstyle, even the littlest … Continue reading Fresh Start
That's the thing about life we typically forget... we have choices. It's become a waking knowledge that we don't always make our daily choices for ourselves. We make them for someone else. There is no right or wrong way to live life. However, our choices reflect on our actions, which lead to our circumstances and … Continue reading Choices
Let me be known as the woman, who never settled. The woman who became all the things she aspired to be and do the things she's always dreamed. Let me be known as the woman, who stopped caring about the people who didn't know her, who whispered or betrayed her. She let go and moved … Continue reading The Woman
I miss you every single second of each day Still I give you space hating out silence while in fear that reach out to you will remind me that I have learned... I am your friend You're not mine However, beyond that... It tells me that I care about you, our distance and silence but … Continue reading More Than
I’m still healing. Time is the ruler of healing. Sometimes, time goes by slow, do not rush a wounded heart, a damaged soul, into healing. Time is based on no one’s measurement but our own internal understanding and a life we had once lived. You and I are not the same. We will not heal … Continue reading Healing
I’m not suggesting I will not love you 20 years from now You didn’t ask me to wait I let go when you told me to move on Now you keep coming back every time another man holds my hand but you never held mine Your fingers just knew my weak spots to remind my … Continue reading Secrets
I don’t make threats, I make promises and that is what I did; when I told you, there would be a time when I would come back and take what is mine This is my second chance My new beginning and I warned you J. Saunders
It feels right So, I go with the flow Then I wake up in the morning feeling satisfied and lost Filled with words I never knew were on my mind Filled with words I never knew I felt I write, it feels right So, I go with the flow until I’m lost for words Until … Continue reading Feeling
I don’t recall giving you an invitation or letting you in But there you are Making yourself at home within the walls of my heart 9:55 pm 01-17-17 J. Saunders
From the moment I saw him emerging from the door that night I was affected He was just beautiful to look at Then his eyes met mine and my whole body felt his presence Thinking back to that night and every night that followed Every time I look at him, I am taken back Everything about him … Continue reading Confession